(SUDAN): Man mourns death of his goat 'wife'

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Man mourns death of his goat 'wife'

 

New Delhi: A Sudanese man who married a goat was in mourning after his

wife (goat) died of swallowing a plastic bag. Charles Tombe shot to

fame last year when he tied the knot with Rose, his domestic goat,

said the Daily Mail.

 

A court ordered him to marry the beast " to save her honour " after he

was caught making amorous advances toward the mother-of-one in the

middle of the night.

 

Tombe and Rose are believed to have lived happily ever after until her

life was cruelly cut short. The story, which became one of the world's

best read tales, began in Juba, southern Sudan, in February last year

when the BBC reported that the then owner of the goat, Alifi, was

awoken in the night by a strange noise.

 

Walking out of his traditional hut, he was confronted by the sight of

Tombe and Rose in a passionate embrace.

 

The Times quoted Alifi as saying, 'When I asked him " What are you

doing there? " he fell off the back of the goat, so I captured and tied

him up. "

 

When Tombe was brought before a council of elders he claimed he was

drunk when

 

Rose caught his eye. He was ordered to pay Alifi a " dowry " of 15,000

Sudanese dinars - about £25 - since he was considered to have used the

goat " as his wife. "

 

In the same way a man is expected to marry a woman if he has sex with

her in southern Sudan, Tombe was deemed to have married Rose.

 

However, despite a happy marriage money was tight and Rose died after

swallowing a plastic bag as she scavenged for food on the streets of Juba.

 

She is said to have left a male kid - not a boy. It is not yet known

whether she will be cremated or used in a local speciality of goat curry.

 

" It shows the Sudanese have a sense of humour, " The Times reported.

 

With excerpts from The Dail Mail